Brush-handle.



M. G. REEVES. BRUSH HANDLE. APPLICATION FILED OCT. $6, 1915.

Patented July 18, 1916.

I Elwuwtom M,G.R 88 v85 marrrsorr e. REEVES, or FULLERTON, NEBRASKA.

BRUSH-HANDLE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 16,1915. Serial No. 56,268.

Improvements in Brush-Handles, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to fountain brushes, an object of theinvention being to provide a shaving brush handle whereby a determinedamount of saponaceous fluid will be fed through the handle of the brushso that the necessity of the employment of shaving mugs or the like willbe dispensed with. E

It is also my purpose to provide a brush with a hollow handle adapted tocontain a liquid soap, and to provide the same with means whereby thefluid may be fed in pre determined quantities to the brush or preventedfrom being fed through the handle so that the said saponaceous fluid maybe sprinkled and delivered to the hand of a person for washing purposes.7

With the above and other objects in view, the improvement resides in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in thefollowing specification and falling within the scope of the appendedclaims. In the drawing 2 Figure 1 is a view-of a brush constructed inaccordance with the presentinvention, Fig. 2 is a central longitudinalsectional view through the same taken upon an enlarged scale, Fig. 3 isa view of the handle detached fr0mthe brush, Fig. 4 is a view .of thebrush, Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the valve, and Fig. 6 and 7 aredetails. 1 The brush 1 preferably has its bristles set in a rubberhead2, the said rubher head having a round and flanged ferrule 3, andthe flanged side of the same being threaded, as indicated by the numeral4. Passing centrally through the top of the ferrule 3 is alongitudinally arranged. tube 5, the outer end which is connected withthe said ferrule being flared, as at 6, providing the said tube with avalve seat.

The numeral 8 designates the hollow handle which has one of its endsprovided with interior threads 9 whereby the same may be screwed onthe-threads 4 of the fer- The rule 3 and connected with the brush.

' opposite end of the hollow handle '8 is thickened, as at 10, and isprovided with a threaded aperture 11.

hairs or The numeral 12 designates 'ai 'valve for the device, the samebeing in 'thenatuie-of' needle'valve and having its pointed 'end"1'3adapted to be normally received u'p onhthe- Patented-July 18,1916;

s ENT OFFICE seat 6 of the tube The valve 12'is pro;

vided with threads ltwhiclrcoai'ct w iththc threads 11 in thewidenedorgthickenedjend 10 of the handle, and the "said valve, at asuitable distance below thesaid threads'llt is provided with an arcuateslot lowhich communicates with a] central aperture or bore 16 thatenters the outer end -of the valve stem. The :valve' stem 12 above itsthreads 14 is provided with an annular member or head 17, the samehaving its periphery milled, whereby the valvestem 12- further providedwith a washer 21 which is adapted to close the open end of the valvevstem 12 when the cap 20 is screwed in one direction upon the said valvestem. The member 21 is seated upon the central portion 22 of a spider23, said spider being arranged below the 'apertured outer end 24 of thecap. The end 9 of the handle is preferably provided with exteriorthreads 25 which are adapted to engage with interior threads 26 upon aprotective cap 27 which receives the brush when the device is not inuse.

The cap 20 is threaded upon the end of the valve stem 12 to closetheaperture thereof, and the handle 8 is removed from the brush landinverted when the saponaceous fluid may be inserted in the said hollowhandle.

- fluid is to be distributed upon the hand of the user, the cap 20 isadjusted to uncover the aperture of the stem, when the fluid may besprinkled through the cap 20 by shaking the device. a

From the above description. taken in connection with the HCCUIHPMIYJUQdrawing. the

siniplicitv ot'the device, as well as the advantages thereof wilL it isthought. be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which suchinvention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A brush having a longitudinally arranged tube. the outer end of whichbeing flared. a removable hollowhandle connected with the brush andsurrounding thetube, a longitudinally adjustable valve stein pass ing'through th'e'handle and normalljv seated in the flared end of'the tube.said handle from its outer end being provided 'with a longitiu linalopening and bein s formed with a slot entering from its side andconnnunicating with thesaid opening. and a cap upon the end oi the stemfor closing the opening.

2. A brush having a longitudinally extending tube I communicating withthe bristles thereof. a hollow handle connected .with the brush andsurrounding the tube.

said handle having its'end thicliene larul '23, formed with a threadedaperturea stein having a threaded portion engaging the threads of theaperture and normally engaging the tube to close the same. a turnii headfor the stem. said stem from. its mite. end being provided with acentral how: which terminates approxiniatel eentr l therewith, saidstein having an elongated slot communicating with the bore and arrangedatthe end of the bore. a cap thread ed upon the end of the stem. saidcap iii-- eluding a spider member. which is arrar '1 d over the end ofthe stem and having an 21pm"- ture upon the outer face thereofconiniunieating with the said spider member. 49 e In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses' MATTISOX G. REEVES.

\Vitnesses:

V. R. Girsox. R. E. I'IALL.

